Commercial Practitioner/Officer - Cheltenham

We're currently seeking a number of experienced and ambitious Commercial Practitioner/Commercial Officer professionals to work with our exceptional client in a secure environment, supporting challenging and highly rewarding projects. These contract roles will require you to conduct security clearance prior to assignment. Opportunities are available in Cheltenham.

You’ll have the potential to work effectively across a diverse range of internal projects and teams spanning multiple business units, cultivating relationships, determining workflows and priorities and creating commercial solutions; or via the commercial operations team to ensure optimisation of commercial activities through creation and management of policy, robust audits, and the provision of data and insights to drive decision making. You will be encouraged to showcase your skills on unique projects.

You will be able to demonstrate how responsiveness, efficiency and professionalism are the hallmarks of your outstanding service. You’ll support others within your team at both junior and senior levels; and working closely with and for customers across the business, you’ll facilitate fulfilment of goods and services, ensuring they are completed on schedule and aligned to requirements. You will oversee and evaluate contract delivery, monitoring achievement of KPIs and drive lasting cost reductions and benefits. From capturing requirements and coordinating tendering, to contract execution and management, you’ll employ exemplary commercial standards to all you do. Therefore, exceptional influencing, negotiation, continuous improvement and operational management skills are a must. You will also need the people skills to be a role model for others, providing expertise and building capability through knowledge sharing and mentoring. And you’ll take an enthusiastic approach to challenges and problem resolution - addressing issues, creating solutions and identifying opportunities for new activities which will enhance your customer offering.

These commercial roles are conducted in an environment that is far from ordinary, therefore, we’re not looking for ordinary.

Your qualification, experience, skills and behaviours:

• Experience in procurement and supplier management
• Experience in contract management/sourcing/commercial operations/supply chain/invoicing
• Developed strong working relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues
• Knowledge of category management approaches that deliver short and long term reductions, efficiencies and enhancements
• Prioritising delivery of work, against a backdrop of highly complex activity and competing criteria

And ideally:

• Experience of purchasing, bill management, and contract creation & management
• Commercial experience in technology or digital environments

You will:

• Hold, or be willing to independently attain a professional commercial qualification such as the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) (Level 5) or equivalent, which enables you to land your expertise and drive impactful results through the service you deliver, for this remarkable client.

You can also demonstrate expertise in:

• Analysis
• Communication

And you will role model the following behaviours:

• Proactive
• Role model
• Committed to personal development
• Self-starter
• Rapport building
• Driven
• Resilient
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Responsive

In return:

You’ll be joining an ambitious, high level team of like-minded and highly skilled individuals, all focussed on delivering the best possible outcome. This is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity to step away from the mundane and forge your own path in a totally new direction working on life and culture changing projects. If you’re ready for a challenge like no other, apply today.

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us. We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, and to draw on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives and creativity. We believe that when people are respected and included, they are motivated to bring their best and whole selves to work, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all parties.